1.The American spymaster who built the Office ofStrategic Services in World War II and late laid theroots for the CIA was fascinated with information.
2.Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in the "great game" of espionage —spying as a "profession".
3.These days the Net, which has already remadesuch everyday pastimes as buying books andsending mail, is reshaping Donovan's vocation aswell.
4.The winner,by a large margin, was a tiny Virginia company called Open Source Solutions,whose clear advantage was its mastery of the electronic world.
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【分析】復合句。此句的主干是The Americanspymaster...was fascinated with information。who 引導的定語從句修飾 spymaster。
【分析】復合句。句子的主干是the winner — was a tiny Virginia company。by a large margin 是插入語,在句中充當狀語;過去分詞短語called Open Source Solutions 和從句whose…of the electronic world都作定語修飾主句的表語company。
【點撥】l)by a margin指“以…(幅度)之差”,如win the seat by a margin of ten votes 以十票優勢贏得席位,by a large margin意為“大幅度地,以很大優勢”。2)clear advantage 意為“明顯的優勢”。3)mastery 在此處意為“精通,掌握,熟練”,此外還有“支配,統治;優勢,優勝" 的含義。